On July 12, Vice President Mr Hu Sishe met with Mr Kurt Karst, former managing director of Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. At the meeting, they exchanged in-depth views on Chinese traditional music ensemble’s visit to Germany this fall, and cooperations in the next two years.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Villa Musica, and witnesses its friendship with the CPAFFC exceeding two decades. At the invitation of Villa Musica, the CPAFFC will send a group from Heilongjiang National Music Orchestra to tour in Germany this October, amid which Vice President Hu will pay a goodwill visit in celebration of the organisation’s 30th birthday.

Mr Karst, who also serves as the president of Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Chinesische Freundschaft Mainz-Wiesbaden (Mainz-Wiesbaden German-Chinese Friendship Association), discussed with Mr Hu about the cooperative plans with the CPAFFC in the coming years. They agreed on facilitating mutual exchange visits by Chinese and German modern painters, the exhibition of their works, and the concerts hopefully to be staged in China by a German ensemble Mainzer Virtuosi.